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			<h1>Another broken key</h1>
			<p>Day 01060: <time>Tuesday, 2018 January 30</time></p>
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	<h2>Running errands</h2>
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		The Bi-Mart lucky ending digit for this week was 8.
		Last week, it was 4.
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		The mobile shop was unable to help.
		It took forever to get the representative to understand the problem, and when they finally did, they didn&apos;t see how it could possibly be a problem.
		They also said there was no workaround, it&apos;s just how the player functionality works.
		Maybe I should connect it to the network long enough to install F-Droid and find a better player on it.
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		While I was out, I picked up four cans of vegetable juice.
		I got charged a deposit!
		What a pain.
		It seems that because people are too lazy and inconsiderate to recycle their cans, we&apos;ve now got to go through the added effort of lugging them back to the store.
		And you can bet the convenience stores won&apos;t be taking them, as they don&apos;t sell them, so I&apos;ve got to lug them even further.
		Joy.
		From what I can gather online though, they shouldn&apos;t be charging a deposit on these.
		<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/olcc/docs/bottle_bill/bottle_bill_faqs.pdf">Cans that require a tool to open (for example, a can opener) are exempt from the bottle bill.</a>
		<em>*sigh*</em>
		I guess I shouldn&apos;t bring it up to them that they made a mistake though.
		It&apos;s a pain for me, but maybe it&apos;ll get more cans recycled and more metal reused.
		I need to hold onto my receipts though, in case they try to go back on this and not give me my deposit back.
		Actually, never mind.
		It seems I&apos;ve already misplaced it.
		I might&apos;ve lost it when I pulled it out to talk with customer service about a different accidental overcharge.
		Next time though.
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		My new U-lock has been rusting.
		The old one was difficult to work with from the start, but this one was functional before the rust.
		I was just thinking today that at least this lock&apos;s key has a sturdier build - none of this hollow key crap - so even though I had to wrestle with the lock, at least I could still make it work.
		I was considering hitting up the bike shop later to ask what they suggested, thinking they&apos;d likely tell me to use some sort of lube.
		At my final stop though, I couldn&apos;t open the lock, and the key broke off.
		Again.
		Joy.
		The key may not be hollow like the other one, but it&apos;s also stupidly not solid metal.
		A bike lock shouldn&apos;t be sold in this half of the state if it can&apos;t stand up to a little wet weather.
		That&apos;s all we get around here.
		All I can think is that it&apos;s lucky it broke when it did.
		If it&apos;d instead broken off one use later or one earlier ... the bike&apos;d be locked up again with no way to get it off.
		Just like last time.
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		I&apos;m done with these U-locks for now.
		I&apos;ve had nothing but trouble with them.
		Tomorrow, maybe I&apos;ll walk down to the bike shop, explain the issue, and ask what they recommend.
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